Brown marks on broad beans (the actual unripe seed).

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    Broad beans can actually get something called chocolate spot, but I've only ever noticed it on the leaves, but maybe it can get to the actual beans as well.

    I seem to remember its caused or made worse by a shortage of potash.
    But I think it might be fungal.
     
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      Cannot be much help here, but I have seen it on my autumn sown broad beans, but no idea what causes it.
      Chocolate spot is mainly on the leaves, I lost a crop of dwarf broad beans to it.
       
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      After reading around two suggestions 1) Manganese deficiency, 2) Virus.
       
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